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Namibia — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Namibia, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
9.48%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -5.6% since 2000
Health spending for Namibia was 9.48% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 11.41% in 2007. The lowest was 8.41% in 2014 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.25% per year.
Namibia ranks 34 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 18%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Namibia sits above it. It peaked in 2007 and has fallen 17% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 6%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
9.48%
First (2000)
10.05%
Change
-5.6%
Highest
11.41%
in 2007
Lowest
8.41%
in 2014
Average
10.05%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.25%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.48% |
| 2022 | 9.62% |
| 2021 | 10.2% |
| 2020 | 9.56% |
| 2019 | 8.86% |
| 2018 | 8.62% |
| 2017 | 8.71% |
| 2016 | 9.32% |
| 2015 | 9.98% |
| 2014 | 8.41% |
| 2013 | 10.09% |
| 2012 | 10.2% |
Reading this correctly. Current health expenditure as a share of GDP. Covers both public and private spending on health goods and services. Figures are in % of GDP. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS — Health Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.